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Khamis, 14 Julai 2016

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A car bomb exploded on the
Syrian-Jordanian border early on Tuesday, the Jordanian military said, killing
and wounding several Jordanian border guards in an attack that raised new
questions about the pro-Western kingdom's stability.

The military said the blast went off at about 5:30 a.m.,
close to a makeshift tent encampment where tens of thousands of Syrian refugees
are stranded, awaiting entry to Jordan.

The camp, known as Ruqban, is one of two that have sprung
up along an earthen barrier, or berm, which runs along the border in a remote
desert area.

A booby-trapped car exploded at the berm, "killing
and wounding a number of border guards," the military said in a statement.

It said several other "hostile" vehicles were
destroyed, but did not give further details.

No militant group immediately claimed responsibility for
the attack.

The extremist group Islamic State controls large areas in
neighboring Syria and Iraq, and Jordan has fortified border defenses to prevent
attacks and infiltration attempts.

Jordan has also widened a crackdown on IS sympathizers at
home, jailing hundreds in the past two years for promoting the group's ideas on
social media.

The kingdom is a member of the U.S.-led international
military coalition against IS.